Comic Title: Detective Comics #243
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1957
Approx. On Sale Date: March 21, 1957 Copyright Date March 19, 1957
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1957
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Batman the Giant"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman Annual #5 (1963)
Batman Annuals Vol. 2 HC (2010)
Batman:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #242; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #88)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #242; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #88)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #242; next appearance in Batman #108)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #242; next appearance in Detective Comics #245)

Villain(s)

• Jay Vanney (a thief; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Greggson (an inventor; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman is enlarged to thirty feet tall by a maximizer ray. A crook has stolen the minimizer, which is the only thing that can restore the Caped Crusader to normal. Batman becomes a menace, but eventually lures the crooks, Jay Vanney, out of hiding. He enlarges Vanney, and the giants fight a battle. Robin finds the minimizer and uses it on both men. The inventions then burn out and will never work again.